DENIAL OF PASSPORTS.

SEC. 113. DENIAL OF PASSPORTS.The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended by adding after section 48 the following new section: “impermissible basis for denial of passports “Sec. 49. A passport may not be denied issuance, revoked, restricted, or otherwise limited because of any speech, activity, belief, affiliation, or membership, within or outside the United States, which, if held or conducted within the United States, would be protected by the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.”.